Cloth or dress-goods sampler



(No Model.)

J. M. BOSTWIOK.

CLOTH 0R DRESS GOODS SAMPLER.

v No. 504,550. Patented Sept. 5, 1893.

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JOSEPH M. BOSTWIOK, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CLOTH 0R DRESS-GOODS SAMPLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,550, datedSeptember 5, 1893.

Application filed Ilovemher 30, 1392, Serial No. 453,660. (No model,)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MORTON Bos'r- WICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothand Dress-Goods Samplers, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

It is well known in the dry goods trade that considerable waste occursin giving patterns to customers by the system commonly employed ofpieces cut off the rolls of material, as this involves the necessity,when measuring ofi a piece of the goods, of ignoring the end from-whicha portion has been taken so as to give the purchaser a full length, andthe merchant is compelled to suffer the loss of an inch or so from thelength of the goods and of the full width of the piece. Where a largebusiness is done it will be readily seen that this loss must assumeconsiderable proportions in the course of a year, especially in view ofthe fact that it is not customary to charge for patterns.

The object of my invention is to minimize the expense of furnishing suchpatterns and at the same time to provide a convenient means wherebysuitable samples of the goods may be handed to customers from the actualroll or package when it is being exhibited.

In order that my invention may be fully understood I have attachedhereto a sheet of drawings clearly illustrating the same.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through a rollor bolt of dress goods showing my improved sampling device in positionfor use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved sampling device, andFig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

In the figures A represents a core or winding board for dress goods, Bthe dress goods wound thereon, C a narrow strip of goods kinked orfolded at a; D a piece of card board having a slot or opening Z) throughwhich the sample strip may be drawn as required. The said piece of cardboard D is laid upon the wooden or other core or center A over which thegoods B are wound, and astrip of the goods 0 of suflicient width to showthe pattern, and kinked or folded to reduce its apparent length is alsolaid along the core or center of the roll of goods, one end of saidstrip of goods being passed through the slot in the piece of card boardbefore referred to, and projecting beyond the end of the roll. Thesalesman when desirous of furnishing a pattern simply pulls upon theprojecting end of the strip of goods and cuts off a sufficient quantity.The strip being of ample length packed along the core by means ofnumerous kinks will serve to supply a great number of patterns and bythis means the roll of goods need not be interfered with for thispurpose.

"What I claim is The combination with a roll of cloth or dress goods, ofa sampling device consisting of a strip of card-board, or equivalent,having a slot at or near one end thereof, and astrip of cloth or dressgoods folded upon said piece of card board and having one end projectingthrough the said slot and adapted to be pulled out for the purpose ofcutting off samples; the said strip of card-board together with thefolded strip of cloth or dress goods being laid upon the board or coreand held in place by the roll of cloth or dress goods which is woundaround and upon the board or core, substantially as and for the purposesset forth and illustrated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this1st day of October, 1892.

J. M. BOSTNIOK.

W'itnesses:

MARK M. DECKER, WM. W. DAVIS.

